Who is Joel Osteen

Joel Scott Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American pastor, televangelist and author based in Houston, Texas. Known for his weekly televised services and several best-selling books, Osteen is one of the more prominent figures associated with prosperity theology.

Early life and family

Osteen was born in Houston, Texas, and is one of six children of John Osteen and Dolores ("Dodie") Pilgrim. His father, a former Southern Baptist pastor, founded Lakewood Church (of which Osteen is the current senior pastor) in the back of an old feed store. He graduated from Humble High School, a public high school in the city of Humble, Texas, in 1981, and attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he studied radio and television communications, but did not graduate...
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Baabrak91: you must make a decision that you are going to move on. it wont happen automatically. you will have to rise up and say, ‘i don’t care how hard this is, i don’t care how disappointed i am, i’m not going to let this get the best of me. i’m moving on with my life. -joel osteen
Agostino3simon: dear sweet joel osteen, i love you, my king. yeah i think the bible says faith comes from hearing and believing, so you're right we must believe and have faith that the miraculous god would do miracles in our lives, hallelujah. god's kind and compassionate who never abandon us
Mcelroy_zendaya: guard your mind from negative thoughts - joel osteen
Toohippkid: i wish joel osteen and all the other evangelicals ministers could answer this question????
Rasprive: wrong opinions that keep you out of heaven
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How Human Nature dotes
 by Emily Dickinson

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How Human Nature dotes
On what it can't detect.
The moment that a Plot is plumbed
Prospective is extinct-

Prospective is the friend
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